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re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Originally Posted by fumanstan
(Post 12990400)
Stuff like Sonic Mania worries me on the Switch because of the lack of a D-Pad.
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re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Just curious : Does anyone like the look of the Red/Blue controller? Because I think it's one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in the world of console designs. I'm glad they stuck with a black one as well, but they're putting both out as separate SKUs, right? I just can't imagine anyone picking up the Red/Blue one unless that was their only option. Maybe I'm just old/wrong, though and these are really Da Bomb?
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re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
This new trailer of Super Mario Odyssey seems...different.
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re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Originally Posted by Decker
(Post 12990455)
Just curious : Does anyone like the look of the Red/Blue controller? Because I think it's one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in the world of console designs. I'm glad they stuck with a black one as well, but they're putting both out as separate SKUs, right? I just can't imagine anyone picking up the Red/Blue one unless that was their only option. Maybe I'm just old/wrong, though and these are really Da Bomb?
Spoiler:
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re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Originally Posted by Decker
(Post 12990455)
Just curious : Does anyone like the look of the Red/Blue controller? Because I think it's one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in the world of console designs. I'm glad they stuck with a black one as well, but they're putting both out as separate SKUs, right? I just can't imagine anyone picking up the Red/Blue one unless that was their only option. Maybe I'm just old/wrong, though and these are really Da Bomb?
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re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Originally Posted by fumanstan
(Post 12990400)
Jim seems to just go over the same stuff that we've already complained about here, so no new surprises there.
Stuff like Sonic Mania worries me on the Switch because of the lack of a D-Pad. |
re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Originally Posted by Decker
(Post 12990455)
Just curious : Does anyone like the look of the Red/Blue controller? Because I think it's one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in the world of console designs. I'm glad they stuck with a black one as well, but they're putting both out as separate SKUs, right? I just can't imagine anyone picking up the Red/Blue one unless that was their only option. Maybe I'm just old/wrong, though and these are really Da Bomb?
Originally Posted by The Questyen
(Post 12990548)
I play pretty much every 2d platformer (the Shantae games, Mario titles, etc) with an analog stick even when I use the pro controller and I never have issues.
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re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
I'm not a diehard d-pad person(I do use it on 2D games), but Nintendo's has always been the cream of the crop. I wonder why they felt the need to fix what wasn't broken.
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re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
(Post 12990603)
I'm not a diehard d-pad person(I do use it on 2D games), but Nintendo's has always been the cream of the crop. I wonder why they felt the need to fix what wasn't broken.
http://static4.gamespot.com/uploads/...1855-ninte.png You can (kinda) use buttons as a D-pad, but you can't really use a D-pad as buttons. |
re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Originally Posted by The Questyen
(Post 12990544)
I'm old also and I always pick colors when given the option over boring black or grey. My Xbox One controller is the magenta one, my PS4 controllers are red and blue, and my PS3 controller is pink. The three people in front of me preordering the Switch all picked the Red/Blue one also.
None of that has anything to do with this 1950s 3D glasses, Franken-controller thing though : Spoiler:
An All-Red or All-Blue one might have looked really sharp. |
re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Originally Posted by Decker
(Post 12990608)
An All-Red or All-Blue one might have looked really sharp.
...but, yeah, I'm with you in thinking that the colors are dreadful, although they seem to be a hit on the other gaming message boards I read. |
re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
I have to imagine they did it that way for party games 1-2-Switch, so you can easily say "ok, I'll be the red, you be blue" or whatever, instead of left/right/plus/minus.
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re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Zelda runs at 900p at 30 fps when docked. http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/18/14...da-900p-30-fps
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re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Yeah, that's the word that's been going around.
Nintendo just had a Direct that was oriented around Fire Emblem Heroes on mobile, but they announced a Fire Emblem game for the Switch as part of it. Will be released sometime next year. No title and no...anything else, really. |
re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
The Switch game was shown briefly in the presentation. It's Fire Emblem Warriors, which looks to be a Musou (Dynasty Warriors) style game with Fire Emblem characters.
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re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Originally Posted by Breakfast with Girls
(Post 12991304)
The Switch game was shown briefly in the presentation. It's Fire Emblem Warriors, which looks to be a Musou (Dynasty Warriors) style game with Fire Emblem characters.
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re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Originally Posted by Decker
(Post 12990605)
So both halves can be used like this for mobile competitive gaming (which looks very uncomfortable and sub-optimal to me) :
http://static4.gamespot.com/uploads/...1855-ninte.png You can (kinda) use buttons as a D-pad, but you can't really use a D-pad as buttons. |
re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Just watched the Fire Emblem video. No one mentioned the Fire Emblem II remake for 3DS! I'm way more excited for that than anything else they announced. Wish it had a physical release, but I suppose I'll live.
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re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Originally Posted by Breakfast with Girls
(Post 12991335)
Just watched the Fire Emblem video. No one mentioned the Fire Emblem II remake for 3DS! I'm way more excited for that than anything else they announced. Wish it had a physical release, but I suppose I'll live.
Spoiler:
So its might end up getting a physical release after all. Either way, exciting news along with the announcement of a main FE game coming to the Switch next year. |
re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Zelda runs at 900p at 30 fps |
re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
I posted the differences in the Wii U thread. The only big difference is 720p on Wii U vs 900p on Switch. I'm a little surprised they didn't try to go 1080p on this one to really sell the upgrade, but I guess the system doesn't have the horsepower.
I was also surprised that we didn't have a Zelda thread yet. |
re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Weren't there more visual detail differences based on the footage comparisons, or was that just a matter of earlier builds of the game versus what we've seen more recently?
Makes me really want to see more tech details of the Switch revealed other then the rumors we've seen. Either it's not as powerful as its rumored on paper, or maybe the port just wasn't optimized that much to make sure it was out for launch on the Switch. |
re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Yeah, I can definitely see a clear difference in the comparison footage, but not one large enough to change the essence of the game.
That's why I'm looking forward to something like a Digital Foundry comparison, though - not going to buy the game until I can be reasonably sure it's a comparable experience. In particular, I'm prepared to hear the Wii U version drops a lot more frames. |
re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Originally Posted by fumanstan
(Post 12991564)
Either it's not as powerful as its rumored on paper, or maybe the port just wasn't optimized that much to make sure it was out for launch on the Switch.
And regarding the Nintendo Switch version, it was spring last year when we made a firm decision to also release on that platform. Obviously that required some adjustments to the development process and changes to be made, and to continue developing the Wii U version alongside Nintendo Switch, that was spring last year. Obviously a major difference between developing for Wii U and a major thing we had to change for Nintendo Switch was the controls. Wii U has the Wii U GamePad, and we originally envisaged making major use of that for the controls. Of course on Wii U you have two screens - the main screen, and one on the GamePad - but the Nintendo Switch has one screen. That was a major change, but we achieved it a lot more easily and quickly than we expected. In the end we're happier with how the controls came out, having made those changes. I feel that the control system we landed on was better than what we originally had. |
re: Nintendo Switch: Building a New Generation of Hardware from Scratch
Makes sense, and i'm happy mostly because I didn't want to be wrong about my estimates on the Switch's power :lol:
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